Schools · Lancaster
Lancaster, CA schools
Lancaster’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 15% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 79% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 17 schools through grade 8, then one of 8 middle schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Lancaster’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Lancaster’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresC-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 37%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (551)Better than 22%
Lower confidence. Built on 41 tested students and a graduating class of 5,114. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Lancaster kids go to school
Grades K–8
17 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Westside Union Elementary School DistrictGrades 9–12
4 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Antelope Valley Union Joint High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–8, Westside Union Elementary)15%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–8, Westside Union Elementary)15%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
79% graduate on time
Graduation rate
79%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
5,114
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #666 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Lancaster
Antelope Valley Union Joint High School DistrictGrades 6–12 · 13 schools · 21,202 students
$17,509 per studentCA $21,206C+Westside Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 12 schools · 9,078 students
$14,593 per studentCA $21,206DLancaster Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 24 schools · 13,765 students
$21,234 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 56 schools in Lancaster
Showing 1–30 of 56 schools
Sundown ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 941 students
PublicMonte Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 788 students
PubliciLEAD Lancaster CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 771 students
CharterEl Dorado ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 766 students
PublicDel Sur Senior ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 763 students
PublicWest Wind ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 757 students
PublicLincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 738 students
PublicMariposa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 732 students
PublicNancy Cory ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 728 students
PublicSierra ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 707 students
PublicJohn and Jacquelyn Miller ElementaryElementary · Grades K–7 · 697 students
PublicDesert View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 688 students
PublicJoshua ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 688 students
PublicLinda Verde ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 680 students
PublicDiscoveryElementary · Grades K–5 · 662 students
PublicValley View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 659 students
PublicEnterprise ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 646 students
PublicJack Northrop ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 645 students
PublicTierra Bonita ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 636 students
PublicColumbia ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 620 students
PublicSunnydale ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 469 students
PublicLancaster Alternative and Virtual AcademiesElementary · Grades K–8 · 282 students
PublicPromise AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 45 students
PublicThe Leadership AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 35 students
PublicRISEElementary · Grades K–8 · 16 students
PublicEastside Academy/Transitional Learning CenterElementary · Grades K–8 · 10 students
PublicAmargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 859 students
PublicNew Vista MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 835 students
PublicEndeavour MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 805 students
PublicPiute MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 729 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.